SEVERE THUNDER
STORM IN MELBOURNE. HEAVY RAIN CAUSES DAMAGE. 75 POINTS IN 13 MINUTES. • (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A spectacular thunderstorm, preceded by vivid lightning >and loud claps of thunder, was experienced in Melbourne. So intense was the downpour of ram that the streets were inundated within a few minutes, and traffic was suspended. _ .. , Considerable damage was done to the contents of houses and shops in low lying areas, where the water in places reached a level of more than two feet. The storm passed in 13 minutes, but an that time 75 points of rain were recorded. The suburban electric tram service was disorganised owing to the overhead gear being struck by lightning.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 85, 20 January 1928, Page 5
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